ROME (AFP) - French police have opened an investigation into claims by World Cup winner Paul Pogba that he is the victim of a multi-million euro blackmail plot by gangsters involving his brother, a source close to the case told AFP on Sunday (Aug 28). His allegations came...
Also a professional footballer, Mathias Pogba said people needed to know what he knew in order to judge whether his brother"deserves his place in the French team and the honour of playing in the World Cup. If he deserves to be a starter at Juventus".According to two sources close to the Pogba family contacted by AFP, large sums of money are being demanded from Paul Pogba if he wants to avoid the dissemination of the allegedly compromising videos.
France Info reported that Paul Pogba told investigators he had been threatened by"childhood friends and two hooded men armed with assault rifles".A source close to the matter confirmed the France Info reports to AFP.Pogba explained to investigators that his blackmailers wanted to discredit him by claiming he asked a marabout to cast a spell on the Paris Saint-Germain and France star, which Pogba denies.Late Sunday, Mathias Pogba reacted to the day's developments.
"Paul, you really wanted to shut me up and lie and send me to prison," wrote Mathias."You left me in the hole, while running away and you want to play the innocent. When all is said, people will see that there is no bigger coward, bigger traitor and bigger hypocrite than you on this earth."
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